Recent content by FamousForSustain

I installed a Hipshot contour tremolo on my project guitar and it uses mounting studs which require larger holes to be drilled where the old screw holes were. I measured about 8 times to make sure it was precise, but when I finished hammering the studs in the one under the high E measured about...

Anybody ever tried one? It's an interesting idea: a rod magnet coil mated to a bar-magnet blade coil in a full-sized humbucker. Can it nail both HB and SC sounds?

Forgive me if this has been established already, but is the Alternative 8 a pickup where it's basically wound like a JB (or other pre-existing pickup) but with an A8 mag, or is it wound to it's own specs?

After years as a "straight into the amp" guy, I'm considering picking up a pedal to throw in front as a boost for leads. On a whim, I tried out my MXR 10 band EQ in this role with the gain jacked up and it seemed to do the trick, with the added benefit that I could boost the mids as well...

The intonation of my high E (stoptail bridge) is a full step sharp, producing an F at the 12th. It does not respond to saddle adjustments at all. None of my other strings have this problem. FTR, the strings are Ernie Ball 10s and I've used them my whole two years of owning the guitar.

I have a DD in a poplar\maple superstrat copy along with two SSL5's; always liked the character of it but the highs really were too much unless I rolled the tone knob back to around 4 and the gain saturation was a little over the top even for my tastes. So, I grabbed an A8 off of Wymore (who I...

Who else digs the EMG 60A? I have it in the neck of an MIK Peavey Rotor along with an 85 in the bridge and it sounds fantastic, much sweeter than I ever would've thought I'd hear an EMG sound.

Every site I go on that sells "Humbucker magnets", Wymore for example, when you look at the photo the magnets are actually the size and dimension of a single coil bar magnet. I always thought HBs used a single magnet, is it true that you have to use two SC-sized mags?

Just grabbed an MXR 10-band for cheap - apparently the guy at the shop mislabeled it as being $80, the usual price for the 6-band model. I asked him why the price was so low (maybe it was used or somehow defective?) and he realized that it was a pricing error and said that I could have it for...

There's probably an FAQ somewhere that addresses this issue, but a half hour on Google didn't turn it up.... I just got an unloaded (no speakers) G-Flex 212 cab to go with my Peavey Ultra 60-Watt head. I'm trying to figure out what speakers to drop in but I've heard conflicting advice regarding...

Here's a spin on the time-honored "Pick a Metal Pup" poll which I don't believe I've seen done on here: which of SD's low-output offerings gives a good metal tone when pushed by a pedal or amp (yes, I know that's kinda backwards, but you know what I mean)?

So, I have a DD bridge and CR middle in a poplar strat copy. I like to play mostly hard rock, but also some funk and blues, and I want the neck pickup to be something geared towards the latter sort of playing. I love the sound of the fralin blues special but don't know if it would be such a good...

My strat copy has an angled humbucker cutout, where the low E-end is slightly closer to the neck than the high end (Basically, it's the same angle that you see on the bridge single coil of a strat). How does this affect the sound (I'm guessing it's to make the low strings sound a little less...

There's a guy seeling strat necks, complete with tuners, for around $50. Is this a good deal or are these things cheap and to be avoided? Here's the URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41423&item=7301317459&rd=1 If this falls into the latter category (i.e. lame), are...

There is apparently a new type of bridge for strat body guitars called the Tailfeather which, in addition to converting a trem bridge to a hardtail also reduces the weight of the guitar because it's made of lighter material. I'm considering getting one but I'm curious to know if anyone on here...